This section provides guidance for creating Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that use the camera or microphone to capture photos, video, or audio.
Shows how to use the CameraCaptureUI class to capture photos or videos using the camera UI built into Windows. If you simply want to enable the user to capture a photo or video and return the result to your app, this is the quickest and easiest way to do it.
Shows the simplest way to capture photos and video using the MediaCapture class. The MediaCapture class exposes a robust set of APIs that provide low-level control over the capture pipeline and enable advanced capture scenarios, but this article is intended to help you add basic media capture to your app quickly and easily.
Shows how to use camera profiles to discover and manage the capabilities of different video capture devices. This includes tasks such as selecting profiles that support specific resolutions or frame rates, profiles that support simultaneous access to multiple cameras, and profiles that support HDR.
Shows you how to use the IMediaEncodingProperties interface to set the resolution and frame rate of the camera preview stream and captured photos and video. It also shows how to ensure that the aspect ratio of the preview stream matches that of the captured media.
Shows you how to use manual device controls to enable enhanced photo and video capture scenarios including optical image stabilization and smooth zoom.
Shows you how to capture a variable photo sequence, which allows you to capture multiple frames of images in rapid succession and configure each frame to use different focus, flash, ISO, exposure, and exposure compensation settings.
Shows you how to use a MediaFrameReader with MediaCapture to get media frames from one or more available sources, including color, depth, and infrared cameras, audio devices, or even custom frame sources such as those that produce skeletal tracking frames. This feature is designed to be used by apps that perform real-time processing of media frames, such as augmented reality and depth-aware camera apps.